What is Cryptography?
Cryptography
Cryptography is the science of keeping data secure.
Cryptographers
Practitioners of cryptography are known as cryptographers.
Cryptography in Context
A cryptographer will use cryptography to convert plaintext into ciphertext and a cryptanalyst will use cryptanalysis to attempt to turn that ciphertext back into plaintext.
Both the cryptographer and the cryptanalyst are cryptologists. Cryptography and cryptanalysis are the two sides of cryptology.
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